Making Silicon Valley
Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 19301970 (Inside Technology,)
by Christophe Lecuyer
Recommended by Patrick Collison and Adam Ozimek
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in History and Nonfiction.
I n Making Silicon Valley, Christophe Lecuyer shows that the explosive growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in the San Franciscoarea electronics industry. Using the tools of science and Technology, studies, he explores the formation of Silicon Valley as an industrial dist...
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“Below are my favorite books and articles about the history of computing and Silicon Valley. | One chapter in and this book is blowing me away. The vacuum tube industry as an early driver of SV, even before HP and Varian, and arguing for ham radio culture as a major driver”
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